> On Aug 14, 2022, at 4:22 AM, Matt Burke via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> On 12/08/2022 18:35, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
>> Can a Linux loadable module, without help from the core kernel code,
>> define a new socket address family, and tie into the socket API for
>> sockets attached to that family? I don't know. If yes, then indeed
>> doing Linux doesn't require explicit help from the core kernel. But if
>> no, then it does -- or alternatively the DECnet API becomes clunkier.
>
> Yes it can and this is what I was describing in my previous post. The
> DECnet code could continue to be maintained as an out-of-tree module for
> the people that want it even after it's removed from the kernel. The
> only thing that may be lost is the Netfilter support. There may be a way
> to add that through a module too but I've not looked into it.
Good to know. It may be that this wasn't possible before.
paul
